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G. H. MARVIN.

NECK WEAR FAS'TENER. I No. 332,922. Patented De0.,22, 1885..

N. PETERS, Phalo-l lhcgnpher, Washington, D. C.

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

GEORGE H. MARVIN, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

NECK-WEAR FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,922, dated December22, 1885.

Application filed February 24, 1885. Serial No. 157,052. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. MARVIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York. haveinvented a new and useful Neck- Wear Fastener, of which the following isa specification.

My invention is a neck-wear fastener that is attachable and detachableat pleasure to any necktie or scarf neckband to prevent the sameslipping up when adjusted to a collar, and to secure the neck-wear tothe collar till wishing to change collars or neckwvear, when it can bereadily detached by slipping the fastener off from the collar. It is notnecessary to separate the collar and neck-wear'each time the collar istaken off. The fastener will hold them together for all ordinaryhandling.

When attached to neck-wear and adjusted to the collar, the fastener willslide around the collar with the neck-wear either way it is moved in theoperation of tying or fastening without becoming detached from eitherthe collar or neckwear. 1

Figure 1 is a front view of my invention made of a single piece of(preferably spring) wire. Fig. 2 is a back view. Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview showing the device in position on a soarf-neckband.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in either view.

A is a central inverted-V-shaped device to facilitate its insertion upbetween the collar and neckband of the shirt.

B B are outwardlyextending arms to add width to the device.

0 G are legs extending downwardly and parallel with each other.

D D are upwardly and outwardly slanting arms. They form braces to holdthe device in position when attached to neck-wear and form clasps, ashereinafter set forth.

E E are arms with pointed ends extending inwardly atright angles withsaid legs 0 O, and with which I attach the device to neck-wear. Theyalso with O O and D D form clasps that 'hold the device to the collar,and are adapted ient way mark on the neck-wear where the o0 angle F ofthe other arm E comes, then gather up the tie or neckband till the saidmark shall be even with the point of said free arm E, then insert saidarm at said mark, and straighten out the tie or neckband. The de- '6 5vice will then be securely attached thereto. I then put the neckband ortie around the collar in the usual way, and insert the fastener upbetween the collar and neckband of the shirt till the ends of the legsand bottom of the clasps touch the edge of the collar.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

The within-described, neck-wear fastener, consisting of the centralinverted-V-shaped device, A, having arms B B and legs 0 O, and arms D Dand E E, all substantially as described and shown, and for the purposesspecified and set forth.

GEORGE H. MARVIN. Witnesses:

FRED W..SMITH, H. O. VVADSWORTH.

